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“Twentieth century women's fashions (with their cult of thinness) are the last stronghold of the metaphors associated with the romanticizing of TB in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.”

Book:Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors

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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors

This book consists of two essays that delve into the ways in which metaphors are employed to comprehend and discuss illness. The first essay, 'Illness as Metaphor,' examines the metaphorical interpretations of various diseases. The second essay, 'AIDS and Its Metaphors,' specifically addresses the metaphorical portrayal of AIDS. Both essays offer critical insights into the role of metaphors in shaping public perception and understanding of medical conditions. more

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Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag was an American writer, critic, and photographer. Known for her unique literary style and profound thinking, her work spans various fields including literature, art, and politics. Born on January 16, 1933, she passed away on December 28, 2004. more

“I have learned that the conquest of Fate is not by struggling against it, but by acquiescence; that it is often through men that we come to know God; that spiritual courage is of a higher type than physical courage; and that it takes a higher type of courage to fight a losing rather than a winning fight.”

Inspirational Tuberculosis

Author:Edward Livingston Trudeau

“Up to that time most of the Pimas and Maricopas wore long hair. One of the first steps towards their 'civilization' was to get them to cut their hair. Finding this a difficult problem, the agency offered a hat to anyone who cut his hair. ... The [United States government-run] agency had a hard time getting those Pimas to give up their olas-ki [round houses] to build and live in adobe houses. Adobe houses were supposed to be more civilized than the old arrow-weed shelters. But the Pimas did not want to change. So the agency issued a wagon to any Pima family who would build and live in an adobe house. The only thing was, they forgot to issue plans, so a Pima who wanted a free wagon built an adobe house according to his old ideas of a house, with a small door and no windows. These were warm on the few cold nights, but there was no ventilation. Some older people in my own family did what the agency told them to do. They built and lived in an adobe house. When they died they all died of tuberculosis. [pages 49 and 50, Progress]”

Disease Civilized White Man Reservations Native Americans Tuberculosis Evil Government O Odham Cultural Assimilation Adobe

Book:A Pima Remembers

Source: A Pima Remembers

“His complexion, like his father's, was dark and he had vertical furrows under each ear; an old country doctor had cured him surgically of swellings caused by milk from a tubercular cow. But even the scars were pleasant to see.”

Poetry Scars Physical Beauty Tuberculosis Milk Consumption Bovine Tubuculosis

Book:Collected Stories

Source: Collected Stories

“И, как лейкоцит в крови, луна в твореньях певцов, сгоравших от туберкулеза, писавших, что – от любви.”